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A fascinating musical biography of one of today's most versatile and unique guitarists. . .a must-read for Frisell's fans and a compelling introduction to those less familiar with his playing. -- Kirkus Starred Review The biography is stuffed with musical encounters, so many that every couple of pages there's an unheard Frisell recording for the reader to chase down. -- New Yorker Warm-hearted, collaborative, and discreet to the point of being almost ambient, Beautiful Dreamer manages to be the perfect companion-piece to the music of its subject. -- MOJO [Watson's] writing balances unbridled passion and dispassionate research nearly as deftly as Mr. Frisell's playing does sound and silence . . . compelling. -- Wall Street Journal A brilliant book about a brilliant musician. If music was a religion Bill Frisell would be a Saint. -- JOHN ZORN The most thorough, exhaustively researched biography that I have ever read about a living jazz musician. --Jazziz A revelatory, roots and branches portrait of one of America's greatest synthesisers of musical ideas. -- All About Jazz Looks set to become the definitive document of one of North America's living guitar legends . . . beautifully written and addictively constructed - we suspect the only reason fans will want to put it down is to pick up their guitars. -- Guitar World One of America's most unique musicians . . . one of the great American voices. -- ELVIS COSTELLO [Frisell is] the best living contemporary guitar player. -- LUCINDA WILLIAMS Frisell plays guitar like Miles Davis played trumpet. -- New Yorker

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Philip Watson was deputy editor at GQ and editor-at-large at Esquire, and has appeared on radio and television in the UK and Ireland. His in-depth features have appeared in the Telegraph Magazine, Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer, Irish Times, London Evening Standard and The Wire, and he has interviewed icons such as Nick Cave, Gil Scott-Heron, Elvis Costello, D'Angelo and many others. Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer is his first book.

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